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Low-fantasy D&D aliens?

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I want to stick aliens ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿ›ธ into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?

Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?

#DM #dming #ttrpg #scifi #fantasy #mech

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[โ€“] INeedMana@piefed.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You might be interested in #rifts setting

https://therpjournal.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/rifts-an-underrated-gem-in-the-world-of-tabletop-rpgs/

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth where dimensional rifts have torn open, bringing magic, monsters, and alien technology to the planet. This fusion of genres allows players to encounter everything from high-tech cyborgs and vampires to dragons and ancient deities. Rifts offers an unprecedented amount of flexibility for creating characters and stories. You can be anything from a power-armored soldier to a mystic who commands the forces of magic, or even a dimensional traveler with access to alien technologies.

[โ€“] Shkshkshk@dice.camp 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@INeedMana
I just noticed Piefed's hastags aren't visible over here on Mastodon. Odd.

[โ€“] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I was hoping it would behave like a hashtag when you view it via mastodon instance. AFAIK so far link aggregation fediverse doesn't really interact with hashtags fluently. Even on *bin it is like a separate thing